Johrei is a form of healing developed in Japan during the 1920s by the Japanese artist, healer and spiritual leader, Mokichi Okada. What is unique about Johrei is that it has a simple, easy to learn technique for you to practice at home, within your family or partnership, in order to maintain health and well-being.
The healing channeled during Johrei Mr.Okada called the Divine Light of Purification.
Johrei is based on the understanding that both physical and non-physical aspects exist in our lives and that our non-physical aspects, namely our mind and spirit, greatly influence our physical well-being. Our modern lifestyle constantly exposes us to pollutants and toxins that affect our body, and stress and negativity that cast 'clouds' in our spirit.
The insight Mokichi Okada had was that our body has an in-built and natural function that automatically works to eliminate toxins and disperse these 'clouds'. He called this the Process of Purification, which can be witnessed as the body clears toxins through minor illnesses such as common colds and diahorrea. Western medicine tends to suppress these efforts of the body to restore harmony. Instead, he found that the practice of Johrei could help to guide and encourage this natural elimination process without further discomfort and could also sometimes help with symptoms associated with more serious or even life-threatening conditions.
Learning about Johrei
The British Johrei Society, hosted by Healthy Bristol, aims to run educational and inspirational courses on Johrei and will also run an evening drop-in group in Bristol for those wishing to receive Johrei.
If you enjoy your introduction to Johrei through out talks, workshops and drop-in sessions, we invite you to become a member of the British Johrei Society, thereby joining the Bristol Johrei family from which you can gain much warmth, mutual healing and support.
We will support our members with membership newsletters, on-going workshops and just being here for you. We hope very much that you will learn and continue with Johrei practice, which will bring a very rewarding form of social and spiritual communion into your daily life. In which ever way you choose to practice it, you will be contributing, however small, to making this world a better, more beautiful and more harmonious place to live.
May the beauty and light be with you always.
Johrei Art of Living
Mokichi Okada likened our lives to a work of art and he called the healing process the Johrei The Art of Healing. He saw the need for beauty in every day life as a very important source of spiritual uplift, which can increase our spiritual awareness. Thus creating beauty through art and traditional flower arrangements became an integral part of Johrei practice known as The Art of Beauty. M. Okada also emphasized the importance of a natural healthy diet, one that is based on fresh, organic, local and seasonal farm produce that is free from harmful chemicals and is high in vital energy. He called this natural farming technique The Art of Nature. These three aspects of Johrei combine to create the Johrei Art of Living.
M. Okada's spiritual mission was quite simply to help foster the creation of paradise on earth through helping us to develop the right relationship to nature, spirit and beauty.
Those of us in Bristol whose lives have been touched by M. Okada's beautiful philosophy and practice are keen to share this with others and warmly invite you to come along and learn more.
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